Had surgery and have an allergic reaction to the bandage adhesive used. How do I relieve the welts and itching?

I had a c-section a week ago. The surgeon used internal stitches and glue to close so no staples but I have steri-strips now for another week. When I initially came out of surgery I had a huge elastic bandage dressing over the wound for 24 hours and it was removed leaving the steri-strips behind. Over the past week the area has become itchier and itchier. I have a welt in the same shape as the elastic bandage.





With previous surgeries I have had allergic reactions to adhesives but this time I completely forgot to mention it. What can I do to relieve it? Its so incredibly itchy and unbearable. Ive tried cortisone cream, Ive removed all the remaining adhesive I can see on my skin, and nothing is working. I finally resorted to Vagisil just to numb the area (it has benzocaine in it).





HELP! Its really unbearable. And Im terrified to scratch anywhere near it because its right at the incision site. Advice?Had surgery and have an allergic reaction to the bandage adhesive used. How do I relieve the welts and itching?
You've already removed all the adhesive (with alcohol swabs).


Hydro-cortisone doesn't work (and that would be the first thing a doctor would tell you). Benzocaine is barely helping you.


Seems the only thing you haven't tried is Calamine Lotion.





I would call the doctor's office and insist he/she see you. You are wise not to scratch near the incision site because you can infect yourself with bacteria on your hands and nails (this happened to a coworker of mine). Don't fool around with this and get treated with something that works and really helps you to endure this.Had surgery and have an allergic reaction to the bandage adhesive used. How do I relieve the welts and itching?
my blisters where SHINGLES. i was itching and breaking out from the adheseive even the hypo allergic kind i used rubbing alcohol to remove the sticky residue used benedryl cream hydrocortison 1 % so then mine started burning and stinging so you go on valtrex, so make sure you don't have a STAPH infection which will be MRSA so see a DR STAT
you could as you mentioned before be experience an allergic reaction to latex which isn't uncommon or life threatening for some people but not for others it all depends on how you react to it and whether it causes any other issues or not including labored breathing, skin turning blue (cyanosis), racing heart, sweaty skin and whatnot





but getting back to a remedy there are a more then a couple i would look into ( 5 ) at least w/ explanations to back up my logic








hydrogen peroxide (rubbing alcohol) - if you have ever had any kind of itchy skin caused by poison ivy it helps to dry out the skin where the poison ivy is located which tends to leak a certain pus when you scratch only spreading it even more but with the help of hydrogen peroxide it will help contain and hopefully clear up the itchyness








chloraseptic spray - usually used for people with sore throats or mouth sores this helps to numb the site on contact making it feel wierd for about an hour and a half maybe longer if you don't drink anything afterwards to allow it to work perhaps if you spray it on the lesion it could possibly numb the skin where the welt is therefore making the pain a little less nerve wracking











any chance that baby powder might make it less of a problem besides giving you the scent of flowers it might help to coat the welt allowing the welt to gradually heal with time








another thing to do is treat it as an infection by washing it with warm water and antibacterial soap or if it hurts too much using a mild cleansing bar for the face made of glycerin w/ a mild fragrance
take some benadryl and lay down and that should work if not you need to go to the doctor/ hospital have a great day or night god bless
Don't laugh, but I would put this stuff called Petaseptic on it. It relieves itching. It is a mixture of glycerin, witch hazel and camphor. It is made for cats and dogs, but it safe for humans. I use it myself on any kind of bug bite (even chiggers and they itch like CrAzY). Maybe you can get someone to go to the pet store for you...otherwise, just mix it up yourself.. I'll include a link so they can see what the bottle looks like when they go to the store.